5-20-15
Gone fishing today..., with your approval! :-)
More Alaska Oil Industry Angst Approaches
Attend the Annual Alaska Oil & Gas Association Luncheon! Show support for a sustainable future! Our Instinct: Conservatives Must Seize Opportunity To Save Alaska's Economy by Dave Harbour Please read news items below We admire Senator Lisa Murkowski's vigilance on Arctic exploration issues -- and the initiative of her committee's Communication Director, Robert Dillon. See TODAY'S COMMUNICATION AND VIDEO HERE. Many moons will come before Shell Oil and other producers, under the most agreeable circumstances, can find and commercially produce oil and natural gas from Alaska's Arctic reservoirs in the [...]
Dave Harbour’s Ecuador
An Ecuadorian Story by Dave Harbour Like you, the Harbours love to travel. This is a 6-7-12 NYT article written about our Casa San Sebastian home in Cuenca. The featured apartment belongs to our neighbor across the hall. NBC News, Posted 5-8-15 ABC News, Posted 5-15-13 House Hunters International, Posted 5-15-15 Like most Americans, we usually make travel plans around points East and West and have spent time in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. But having been born in Texas and attended elementary and Junior High School in New Mexico, [...]
5-18-15 New EIA INTERNATIONAL Portal; LNG Links Courtesy of Larry Persily
EIA launches redesigned International Energy Portal Today, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) launched a redesigned International Energy Portal to improve access to international energy data and trends in global energy markets. "With most of the future growth in energy consumption expected to occur outside of the United States and with increasingly interconnected world energy markets, a clear perspective on the international energy landscape is critically important, and EIA's redesigned International Energy Portal makes it easier to gain insight into global energy developments," said EIA Administrator Adam Sieminski. From our Energy Information [...]
5-16-15 Useful Idiots Drive Miles to Paddle Kayaks to Protest Oil
Commentary: Earlier this week we gave credit to the useful idiots of the country by respecting their devotion as true believers in however climate change is defined today. We also pointed out that one of the world's most respected climate change leaders admitted that her work was not so much about the environment as about destroying capitalism. The story below describes the thought process, or lack thereof, of a graduate student from Olympia who drove to Seattle to protest the world's reliance on oil. And he brought others with him. [...]
5-15-15
U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski (NGP Photo), Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Tim Scott, R-S.C., this week each introduced separate proposals to increase energy production on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) and increase revenue sharing with states that support offshore energy production activities. These targeted bills reflect the priorities of their sponsors. Murkowski’s bill would focus on Alaska’s OCS while Cassidy’s bill would focus on Gulf Coast States and Scott’s bill would focus on the Atlantic OCS. The proposals are: · S. 1278 (Murkowski), the Alaska Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale Act · S. 1276 (Cassidy), the [...]
5-14-15 UN Climate Chief Against Oil, Against Capitalism
Scroll Down For: "Useful Idiots" Commentary Published this morning: our MASTER RESOURCE Op-ed: "Seattle Hearing on Shell's Arctic Rig Docking: A Clash of Visions" UN Climate Change Chief, Christiana Figueres: Against Capitalism and Against Shell's Arctic Exploration See earlier reports this week on Seattle's port hearing regarding the Staging of Shell's summer exploration in the Arctic KILLING CAPITALISM: UN Climate Change Chief Investors Business Daily. At a news conference last week in Brussels, Christiana Figueres, executive secretary of U.N.'s Framework Convention on Climate Change, admitted that the goal of environmental activists is not [...]
5-13-15 Alaskans Support Shell At Seattle Hearing
Senator Lisa Murkowski pushes to end oil export ban Yesterday's Port of Seattle Testimony: News, our commentary below... ..and more: Denny Westneat's Seattle Times Commentary, West Seattle Blog, AP Story by Gene Johnson, and Video Commentary. We watched a "clash of energy philosophies" at yesterday's hearing online. We drew three main conclusions: 1. Alaska witnesses. Many testified. All but one (i.e. a Mat-su area environmentalist who criticized Alaska's position on natural resource development) represented themselves professionally, presenting actual facts and history relating to the century-old relationship between Seattle and Alaska. They also carefully briefed the [...]
5-12-15 – Alaska Governor Walker and Port of Seattle Commission Act On Arctic Policies
In part, the Seattle City Council's Resolution 31576 states, "WHEREAS, broad community support for the policies and investments needed to sustain and improve the Port as a working waterfront with a significant number of family-supporting jobs is vital to the future of the Port and Seattle’s employment base, and that support would be undermined by use of the Port to stage Arctic drilling operations. We suppose that the next step will be for the Mayor to demand that the Port Commission order the Airport to not permit cargo flights that [...]
5-11-15 THIS ALERT AFFECTS MORE THAN ALASKA AND SEATTLE!
ALERT-ALERT-ALERT-ALERT-ALERT-ALERT-ALERT The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today approved Shell's revised multi-year Exploration Plan (EP) for the Chukchi Sea--with significant conditions. Find complete information here. Our Weekend Shell Links Our Friday Shell Report: "Danger Stranger" Comment: If Seattle's mayor succeeds in influencing local, independent decision making of the Port of Seattle, we have commented that unanticipated reactions could occur. Tomorrow, the Port of Seattle commissioners will hear testimony on their provision of dock space for support of Shell Oil's summer exploration program in Alaska's Arctic. (Here is the comment we [...]
5-9-15 Shell in Everett
This weekend, It's All About Shell! ADN. Greenpeace protesters must stay away from Royal Dutch Shell’s drill ships and support vessels, the anchor lines and buoys attached to them and the Barrow airport hangar and terminal that Shell is seeking to use to support its planned oil-exploration operations in the Chukchi Sea, a federal judge ruled Friday. Greenpeace activists are even prohibited from flying drones this summer and fall over the offshore Arctic area where Shell plans to drill, according to the injunction issued by U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason. MORE [...]
5-8-15 “Danger Stranger”
Will the Seattle Port Authority’s Independence Survive Mayor Murray’s Political Influence? By Dave Harbour On Tuesday and Wednesday we commented on an unbelievable act of the mayor of Seattle, Ed Murray, causing us to think, "Danger Stranger". In other news today: WSJ: Could climate change politics strand energy reserves? (Today's news points in that direction. -dh) Seattle Times Editorial: Murray insists that he’s a strong supporter of the port and maritime industry. But if the city’s move blocks Shell and scuttles the port’s lease with Shell’s partner Foss Maritime, it could permanently tarnish the [...]
5-7-15 The EPA could soon have a more massive presence nationwide!
The Wall Street Journal Warns: Watch Out For That Puddle; Soon It Could Be Federally Regulated" The EPA wants to redefine ‘the waters of the United States’ to mean virtually any wet spot in the country. By M. REED HOPPER And TODD F. GAZIANO Earlier this year the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers proposed a rule redefining the “waters of the United States” that are subject to regulation under the Clean Water Act. The two agencies recently finished collecting public comments on their draft rule and are [...]
5-6-15 Seattle Mayor Increases Risk For Seattle Investors – New Pipeline Bill Expedites Process
Senator Shelley Moore Capito, a member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, introduced legislation today to modernize and improve the timeframe for the approval of new pipelines. Follow-up commentary. Yesterday, we posted news and comment regarding the effort by Seattle's Mayor Ed Murray to delay or prohibit Shell Oil and its contractors from using port facilities in preparation for a summer exploration program in Arctic waters. News Links: Seattle's Mayor Murray Seeks to Delay Alaska OCS exploration: 5-5-15 Seattle Times Update 5-5-15 Russia Today (RT) 5-4-15 Fox Business 5-4-15 Seattle Star Tribune 4-18-15 King [...]
5-5-15 – Corruption In China’s State Run Oil Patch – Seattle Picks An Energy Fight With Alaska!
Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee TODAY Releases the Majority's Priorities (Videos) Chinese Corruption And An Alaskan Irony Van Meurs Hosts A June Shallow Water Leasing Workshop In Mexico City TODAY's Consumer Energy Alliance relevant energy news links! Seattle Is A Nest Of Alaska Friends and Critics by Dave Harbour Associated Press: Seattle Mayor Ed Murray: Port needs new permit to host Shell's offshore Arctic drilling fleet Mayor Ed Murray threw a wrench into plans for a 400-foot oil-drilling rig to arrive in Seattle when he announced Monday that the Port of Seattle [...]